Optimized Neural Network for Classification of Multispectral Images

The proposed work involves the multiobjective PSO
based optimization of artificial neural network structure for
the classification of multispectral satellite images. The neural
network is used to classify each image pixel in various land
cove types like vegetations, waterways, man-made structures
and road network. It is per pixel supervised classification using
spectral bands (original feature space). Use of neural network
for classification requires selection of most discriminative
spectral bands and determination of optimal number of nodes
in hidden layer. We propose new methodology based on
multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) to
determine discriminative spectral bands and the number of
hidden layer node simultaneously. The result obtained using
such optimized neural network is compared with that of
traditional classifiers like MLC and Euclidean classifier. The
performance of all classifiers is evaluated quantitatively using
Xie-Beni and â indexes. The result shows the superiority of
the proposed method.